Musicians

My little peas have taken a serious interest in the piano lately. They've always enjoyed it - especially when Daddy plays it. Now that they're older and can crawl up onto the piano bench, we often get a concert from them. Here they are playing away: musicians in the making.

New Stroller brings new entertainment

Our old twin stroller bit the dust four times and this last time, it was unrepairable. Bummer. Thanks to good old Craigs List, I was able to purchase a used twin stroller from someone here in Santa Fe. Hooray!!

Lais and I were thrilled to have a working stroller again. We had NO IDEA how much the kids would get excited about it too. Here they are in our hallway "testing driving" the new stroller. Isla is riding on top since she was devastated only two could fit in it. Who cares about all those toys in the playroom - we have a stroller!!!

Isla's first sentence

I didn't expect a sentence to come out of the mouths of my babies so soon but Isla has surprised me again. Today she said the following sentence 4 times. I even pulled her out of bed when Daddy came home so he could hear her say it (she had only been in bed for 5 minutes and wasn't sleeping yet - no, I'm not a horrible Mommy to pull a sleeping baby out of bed for something like this.)

"Dada at work."

Yep. There it is. Isla's first sentence. What a brilliant baby.

"Dada at work."

Sweet. True. and SOOOO ADORABLE!

La La (Lais) wears us out

La La sure knows how to wear out the kiddos. This is how I found them today when I got back from running errands.

Eat dirt, rest, then eat more dirt

The backyard has many treasures: Dirt, grass, bugs and space to run wild. Here are the kids eating and playing with dirt and then resting after spending an afternoon outside.

Future Artists in the Making....

Now that the kids have a backyard free of ponds and rose bushes, they like to run around and color on the sidewalk with sidewalk chalk. (Or in Isla's case, eat the sidewalk chalk.)

Isla eating sidewalk chalk...I mean, color:


Solomon deciding what to draw:


Simon supervising Isla and Solomon's drawings:

Visitors from Minnesota

We had a great visit from some of our best friends from Minnesota, Alex and Christa. It was a wonderful weekend of catching up and having fun -- so much fun we forgot to take many pictures!! Oh, how we miss them!!!